The Book of Acts - vol. 4
June 1, 2025

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Volume 4

What do you do when things are going so well… and then it all stops?
When God changes the plan, and you don’t know why?

Acts 16:5 “So the churches were strengthened in their faith and grew larger every day.” (NLT)

Sometimes God’s plan

us—not to us—
but to us!

I. A good plan is not

a God plan.

Acts 16:6-7 “Next Paul and Silas traveled through the area of Phrygia and Galatia, because the Holy Spirit had prevented them from preaching the word in the province of Asia at that time. Then coming to the borders of Mysia, they headed north for the province of Bithynia, but again the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them to go there.” (NLT)

Proverbs 16:9 “We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps.” (NLT)

1. Don’t label closed doors as

.

2. Trust God’s no as much as His

.

Isaiah 55:8-9 “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.” (NLT)

3. Know that God is still

.

II. Divine direction can include

interruption.

Acts 16:9 “That night Paul had a vision: A man from Macedonia in northern Greece was standing there, pleading with him, ‘Come over to Macedonia and help us!’” (NLT)

What if God’s

is not absence—but preparation?

Isaiah 40:31 “But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.” (NKJV)

1. Be flexible with your

, but firm in your .

2. Don’t let

block your hearing.

III. God uses

to place you in divine appointments

Acts 16:10 “So we decided to leave for Macedonia at once, having concluded that God was calling us to preach the Good News there.” (NLT)

1. Trust God’s leading even when you don’t

the location.

2. Your pivot might be the starting line of someone else’s

story.

Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” (NLT)

Just because the door is

, doesn’t mean God is absent.

Just because the

changed, doesn’t mean your is gone.